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Saudi Air Defense Intercepts Missile Fired by Houthis Towards Jizan

March 17, 2017

The Command of the Coalition Forces Supporting the ‎Legitimate Government of Yemen announced that Royal Saudi Air Defense Forces intercepted this afternoon a ballistic missile launched by Iranian-backed Houthi militias ‎toward Jizan. Saudi air defense was able to ‎intercept the missile and destroy without causing any damage ‎on the ground. The coalition air forces launched a strike on the missile's ‎launch site.

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